A Moment in Destiny

Chapter 782 I Just Want a Divorce

“Do you think it’s that easy?” Marley harshly interrupted her and said, “A divorce? Do you think getting married is child’s play? We got married very suddenly, but it didn’t mean that we should get a divorce so quickly.”

Sylvie quivered, she thought about something to say, but as words were about to come out of her mouth, she stopped. She swallowed her words, pursed her lips, and stayed quiet. Text content © NôvelDrama.Org.

He stared at her and was waiting for her reply.

After a brief pause, she said, “The marriage was a mistake. Why should we continue pestering each other because of this mistake? Am I right?”

Marley felt faint upon hearing her. He was about to take a drag off his cigarette, but he slowed down his action.

Her face was fair, her voice was soft and gentle. She always looked so obedient and it still made him jump every time and gave him uncontrollable desires. He took a deep drag and smiled vilely, “What will you do if I say that I want to continue our mistakes until the end?”

Sylvie felt awkward, she smiled plainly, “I just want a divorce! That’s it!”

She just wanted to be free! She thought that they should just walk their own paths!

“I’m sorry, I’m leaving! Goodbye!” she said softly. She then started to walk into the apartment building.

Marley stared at her back as her small figure moved closer and closer towards him, and then, she passed by him with her head hung low. He clenched his fist slightly as if he wanted to do something with his hand, but his hand froze up mid-air.

She was about to go into the corridor. He quickly took large strides and walked over, “Wait!”

Sylvie was forced to halt in her tracks again, “Mr. Hughes, do you need anything from me?”

“Did you read the newspaper?” he suddenly asked.

Sylvie nodded calmly, “Yes, I saw it!”

“What’s on the newspaper isn’t real!” he said desolately.

But Sylvie smiled and said, “That’s none of my business!”

“Sylvie, I won’t get a divorce with you!” said Marley again.

“Not everything will go as you wish!”

Marley was stunned by her words and couldn’t say anything back.

“Marley, let’s get a divorce. Don’t make life difficult for us.” Sylvie’s tone of voice was so calm it made him shiver.

Marley’s whole body tensed up. He looked at Sylvie coldly and stared at her for quite a while.

“Sylvie stared at him as well, her eyes unfocused and empty.

“Sylvie,” Marley called her name.

But she didn’t move an inch as if she didn’t hear anything. She felt like he was about to grab her hand. She couldn’t help but said, “Marley, don’t touch me. I feel disgusted by you!”

Marley felt like he was struck by lightning. He was stunned in place.

Suddenly, the gentle expression on his face was gone. His face turned extremely terrifying.

Sylvie shivered. She felt scared looking at his wintry expression.

“I’ll forget about what you said today. You won’t believe anything I say today, and I will not agree to have a divorce!”

“I want a divorce!” Sylvie said with determination.

Marley was enraged, he grabbed her forcefully and yanked her into the lift, “You wish!”

As if she had gone mad, Sylvie threw the shopping bag she had in her hand at him. He dodged skillfully.

The vegetable in the bag fell out. Cucumbers, tomatoes, kale, and water spinach fell all over the floor, like her heart!

Tears welled up in her eyes uncontrollably and the fury she was feeling in her heart made her whole body trembled. She turned her head angrily and glared at Marley, her voice trembled in despair, “Marley, I don’t care about what you think, I want a divorce. I’m not a pushover and I won’t do everything you say. Marley, tell me. Why? Why won’t you divorce me?!”

She yelled the last sentence hysterically. Even without looking into the mirror, she knew that her face was probably all twisted.

She had never lost control like this before!

She didn’t know if her hormone was affected by the pregnancy and that made her more irritable, or if it was because she was pushed to the edge. She lost control of her emotions.

The surroundings turned quiet. Suddenly, there were no noises around them. She could only hear her heart beating intensely, echoing in her body. The valley of her heart was so deep and empty, she couldn’t tell where the source of the sound was.

Suddenly, Marley’s phone rang. It broke up the tension.

Marley picked up the phone and the first thing he said was, “Jemima, what’s the matter?”

Sylvie’s heart broke into even smaller pieces hearing him said that.

She already knew that this was the outcome, but even so, her heart still lost its sight!

She thought about the memories they made, and they were ineradicable.

She had to remove a man she loved for 5 years out of her life. She finally found out how terrible this process could be.

She squatted down and picked up the vegetable. She walked into the lift when he was still on his phone and was about to go home!

She didn’t hear what he said, but his tone of voice sounded helpless yet gentle. She assumed he was comforting Jemima! She wasn’t supposed to pay attention to this. She should’ve known better, shouldn't she?

As the door to the lift was about to close, Marley reached out his hand abruptly and stopped the door from closing. He said to the phone, “Sorry, I’m hanging up! I’ve something to do!”

He hung up and walked into the lift.

He was obviously trying to follow her upstairs!

Sylvie didn’t say anything. She was quiet as she managed to calm herself down!

She kept reminding herself not to get mad at him. Feeling angry at him only meant that she cared about him. And the more she cared about him, the easier she would lose control of her emotions.

In the lift, the atmosphere was heavy.

Marley also wasn’t saying anything. He just stood next to her.

Sylvie was holding her shopping bag. She had the urge to throw it at him again. She turned her face away but she met his eyes through the reflection of the wall in the lift. He seemed to be contemplating something.

He stared at her with his dark pupils through the glass wall in the lift. He looked at her as if he was trying to read her mind.

When she first met his eyes, she was taken aback. The expression in her eyes then turned cold and was soon filled with disgust. Marley was shocked, he continued staring at her with a complicated look in his eyes. Why was she stabbing his heart with a knife like this even though she had already hurt him so much? She made him lose his child, made him break up with his ex, and was deemed unfaithful, and still, she hated him?

Other than fighting and hurting each other, was there really nothing else between them?

Marley pursed his lips and laughed self-depreciatingly. He tried to think about the time when he got married to Sylvie. He was touched by what she did for him But he was also angry at her cruelness, furious at the fact that she gave Jemima a cheque to bribe her.

When the matter was exposed, Sylvie immediately confessed and didn’t look a tad bit guilty. But that was a living being! How could she be so cruel?

Marley’s deep eyes dimmed. There was a hint of sorrow in them and he laughed as he shook his head. From the start, he and Sylvie were destined to walk a rocky path.

Marriage wasn’t child’s play. Getting married meant that both of them turned into adults. But then she mentioned breaking up and getting a divorce so easily. Did she have a change of heart? She was too irresponsible!

He thought she gave all of her to him. But looking at the hatred in her eyes, he realized that he might be thinking too highly of himself the whole time.

She was talking about having a divorce so casually! What was she planning and why did she want to run away from him so desperately?

And she already handed in her resignation letter yesterday. He only knew about that when he came back last night. If it wasn’t for Tyler, he wouldn’t have known! He wanted to just come to her immediately last night, but something came up in the office and he had to work overtime. He worked overnight and finished processing all the documents he needed to. He then headed to her first thing in the morning!

But she was so cold to him. He truly believed that she wanted a divorce and would immediately leave him. So cold that she wouldn’t even look back at him once.

Sylvie, what kind of person were you?

Sylvie was still looking at him through the reflection of the glass wall in the lift. She felt sadness brewing in her heart!

The lift made a sound and they had arrived on the designated floor. She moved her gaze away and walked out of the lift.

He followed her.

She walked towards her door and he was still walking behind her.

Sylvie took a deep breath, she was in a worse mood than before, “Mr. Hughes, please return me my keys!”

Sylvie stood by the door. She wasn’t in a rush to open the door. She was asking for her keys back instead as she didn’t want to have anything to do with him anymore. She suppressed all her emotions and there was only coldness left in her eyes.

He really wanted to pull her over and kiss her harshly on the lips, kissing away her frigidness! But he knew that even if he did that, she would still be cold. Last time in City J he forced himself on her and thinking about her reaction that time made him lose his confidence even more.

“I won’t give you back your keys. I’m saying this again, I won’t say yes to your request. And I think Patriarch won’t agree to this either! This is not only about you and me, this also involves our family,” said Marley.

Sylvie turned around slowly and looked up indifferently. She looked at his tall figure and in the end, she turned around weakly. She looked away, but she didn’t open the door!

They stood in front of the door.

Time was passing by,

Sylvie was feeling more and more irritated. What was he thinking? Why would he pester her like that? Why were the men from the Hughes family so thick-skinned?

They were standing there for so long, Sylvie was halfway into a daydream. Marley finally said, “Are you planning to stand here forever?”

Sylvie laughed bitterly, “It’s none of your business, regarding how long I want to stand here. It’s my house and I don’t want any outsiders going in there. Please have some respect!”

“I’m not an outsider!” he said again. He was already exhausted, but she still wanted to continue this argument. He was really fatigued, “Let’s go in and talk!”

“Please leave! I don’t want to talk about anything today!” She was also exhausted.

“Sylvie, what I did in City J was wrong. I shouldn’t treat you like that, but you should stand in my shoes as well!”

“Sorry, I have no interest in standing in your shoes as it is none of my business! I don’t want to see you right now, think and reflect on the things you have done. Be rational, neither of us want to argue, and I’m really tried!” Sylvie supported herself with one hand on the wall, she closed her eyes and said, “I don’t want to have the obligation to understand anyone anymore! I just want to be nice to myself!”

She said nonchalantly as if he was a total stranger. She only wanted to feel calm and be nice to herself right now, and be nice to the child in her belly! Even if they were to talk, they should talk calmly. She couldn't stay calm at all right now. At this moment, she was way more prickly than usual. She didn’t know why, but she was emotional and uncomfortable.

“Sylvie, can’t I feel sad because I lost my child? To begin with, this matter involves you!” said Marley.